Latvian black storks - 2019

[Liz01]

8:30 Kaupo flew to the left

8:49 he came back


Gaja came in a second later .. she landed under his wing


They sing a lot together

[Liz01]

9:11 They look like an old couple on those cards from back then
Kaupo is on the left


11:15 they are still together in the nest


11:57 Kaupo is preening himself

[Liz01]

12:01 Kaupo is preening Gaja


12:04 Side by side

[Liz01]

12:05 mating .. the same as every day




12:07 Gaja flew to the left, Kaupo flew off shortly after her

[Solo]

Good evening Liz, Birdfriend, Abigyl and all
thanx for reporting and documentating

18:54:29 arrived whistling Kaupo
selfpreening and waiting for Gaja
20:16:35 Gaja is here, greetings
and the nice evening time for these two begin

[Emotion_]

hello, Emotion_ !

A warm welcome to the forum!
Do you think it is more likely that she is not Gaja? what is your opinion, that is really very interesting here.

I really do believe she is Gaja because of their both warm relationship. I don't think such relationship so full of love would be with strangers who meet and mate only by instincts. Unfortunatelly i am not good in comparison of visual appearances. All storks for me seem in one face

[Emotion_]

BTW: I will meet Maris S, maybe we can talk about it
[/quote]

Nice! It would be very interesting.

Still i remember how Gaja landed into the Kaupo nest the first time and how they greet each other at the first moment happily singing without breath crossing their beaks.

But visually i am not able to compare them

[Solo]

mistake

Good night

[Abigyl]

23:00 Couple is here for the night

[Biker]

, everyone!
@ Emotion_
yes indeed, i also think is need to watch them very often, intensive, intently to distinguish them. I can only see who male and who female...

[Liz01]

Juni 12



Solo, Birdfriend, Abigyl, thanks a lot for pictures and reporting

11:18 her arrival




11:39 Looks like Gaja is sitting in the nest

[Liz01]

11:43 Stork left the nest.. I think it was a strange stork?

I thought so. It was not Gaja

there was no black feather

[Emotion_]

9:11 They look like an old couple on those cards from back then
Kaupo is on the left

Two lovely storks and three legs

[Liz01]

Two lovely storks and three legs

you're right I can not wait to see them next year when they have chicks again.

[Birdfriend]

Good evening Solo, Liz, Abigyl and others

Thanks a lot for reporting, pics and videos.

20:28 Kaupo arrived the nest with a bit singing.


Doing a bit nestoration...


20:36 Kaupo is resting and waiting for his Gaja.

[Birdfriend]

20:52 Gaja comes...greetings.




Their ritual can begin again.

[Birdfriend]

Gaja is preening Kaupos head, he enjoys that.


21:40 Double resting...


Body care, Kaupo was pooping before. 21:44 Gaja is pooping too.

[Abigyl]

22:53 Good Night beautiful couple!

[Emotion_]

you're right I can not wait to see them next year when they have chicks again.

If You remember, Gaja and Kaupo grew up 4 (!!) beautiful storklets last season. They did n't have any thought to eliminate anyone. I am glad to see that this season they have vocation. This couple deserved it. They behave as just married

[Liz01]

June 13

Good Morning all Emotion, Birdfriend, Solo, Abigyl and all

Birdfriend, thanks a lot for beautiful pictures and reporting I enjoy that very much

the cam is offline since 2:39!
I think there were strong thunderstorms in Latvia as well?
Yesterday we had a very bad weather again. The poor birds. It was hailing and there were incredible amounts of rain in a very short time. The day before was a state of emergency in Berlin. Everything was under water. As in Estonia, there was heavy rain all night and many flashes. After seeing the pictures of the storklets on the Estonian nest, I can imagine how bad it was for storks and other big birds.